Following government legislation in the UK in 2005 and the eventual take back and destruction of over 240,000 vehicles and the payment of E520 million euros in scrappage incentives, Ford UK has [...]
Few people have had more influence on global recycling in the last decade than young entrepreneur, Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of ‘The Ocean Cleanup’. His new technology has raised over 30 [...]
Despite a number of delays the New South Wales State Government has released details of their new deposit scheme, which will begin on December 1st. Environment minister, Gabrielle Upton [...]
Reports out of the US are identifying a huge and growing market in the extraction of cobalt from spent lithium-ion batteries with a market value of over $US 230 million. American Manganese Inc. [...]
Some interesting new data has been published that suggests demand for new vehicles purchased since 2010 has increased three-fold. In China alone 28 million new cars were sold last year. This [...]
The challenges of managing recycling are becoming very apparent in regional communities. In Western Australia the Plantagenet Shire recently shut down their recycling transfer stations. Citing [...]
A new study from the ‘Wiseguy Reports’ suggests that the global aluminium scrap recycling market will expand at over 7% compound annual growth rate through until 2021, The report entitled ‘Global [...]
Current trends in the global demand for metal reveal the importance of scrap metal recycling from a supply perspective, and ultimately pricing. At the latest LME (London Metal Exchange) Asia [...]
The Recycling revolution continues to gain momentum in the community with the new ABC program, ‘War on Waste’ seeking to influence public opinion on the problems the country faces with landfill, [...]
With over 14 billion drink containers a year and only half being recycled its little wonder that the focus of many in the environment community is focussed on container deposit schemes. NSW [...]
